Their Happiness Does Not Depend on Me: Asenath’s Story

“As an adult, I am still in the beginning stages of developing separate relationships with each of my siblings.”

Home for the Holidays: Salome’s Story

“My brother and I fought like the world was gonna end if the other person got their way, but we also stuck together.”

Paper Swords: Mahalath’s Story

“My sister Susannah was sometimes my greatest enemy, sometimes my only friend.”

You don’t need friends, you have your siblings: Eleanor Skelton’s Story

“My heart still has two holes. My brother and my sister.”

Differentiation and Emotional Cut-offs

“Acceptance in a group is a universal need, but a problem arises when the cost is too great.”

3 Ways Homeschoolers Actually Socialize Differently than School Kids

“When parents homeschool, they take their children’s social needs solely into their hands, and that’s not a responsibility they should take lightly.”

Re:Siblings — HA’s Next Series

HA’s next series is all about siblings.

Socialization and Psychological Maltreatment: Isolating Children and Teenagers

“Socialization is not a joke.”

Friendship and Parenthood

“I wish that myself as a child could have known that a good future was coming, so that the dark nights didn’t seem quite as cold. However, the coldness of the past makes me value even more the warmth of friendship now.”

Of Homeschooling and Cohort Effect

“Sometimes I feel like I’m from another country. Or maybe another era. I’m a child of the 80’s, yet I know nothing about being a child of the 80’s.”